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Adam LaRoche
David Adam LaRoche

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 7, 2004

Born November 6, 1979 in Orange County, CA

Son of Dave LaRoche

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 29th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2000. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 24 ATL NL 110  324   45   90  27  1  13   45   0  0  27  78  .278  .333  .488  108  158   2   2   1   1  10
 2005 25 ATL NL 141  451   53  117  28  0  20   78   0  2  39  87  .259  .320  .455  100  205   2   6   7   4  15
 2006 26 ATL NL 149  492   89  140  38  1  32   90   0  2  55 128  .285  .354  .561  130  276   1   7   5   2   9
 2007 27 PIT NL 152  563   71  153  42  0  21   88   1  1  62 131  .272  .345  .458  108  258   0   4   5   3  18
 2008 28 PIT NL  35  121   13   25   4  0   4   13   1  0  16  37  .207  .299  .339   69   41   0   0   2   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      587 1951  271  525 139  2  90  314   2  5 199 461  .269  .337  .481  109  938   5  19  20  10  57
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        538   75  145  38  1  25   87   1  1  55 127  .269  .337  .481  109  259   1   5   6   3  16
 Career High    152  563   89  153  42  1  32   90   1  2  62 131  .285  .354  .561  130  276   2   7   7   4  18
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 24 ATL NL  356  248   51   5.5   112| .278  .271| .333  .343| .488  .439| .821  .782| 108  .542   3.7   0.3   0%
 2005 25 ATL NL  502  359   62   4.6   109| .259  .270| .320  .340| .455  .430| .775  .770| 100  .479  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2006 26 ATL NL  557  371   98   7.1   113| .285  .272| .354  .343| .561  .442| .915  .785| 130  .646  22.4   2.1   0%
 2007 27 PIT NL  632  433   87   5.4   109| .272  .270| .345  .339| .458  .432| .803  .771| 108  .528   7.3   0.7  50%
 2008 28 PIT NL  137  101   12   3.2   106| .207  .264| .299  .340| .339  .418| .638  .757|  69  .306  -5.7  -0.5 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2184 1512  310   5.5   110| .269  .270| .337  .341| .481  .434| .818  .775| 109  .542  27.1   2.5  28%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 24 ATL NL 1B 98 739 41 5 87 .994 .993 7.96 8.23 9.75 9.51 82 720.0 2005 25 ATL NL 1B 125 1070 77 7 105 .994 .993 9.18 8.00 10.13 8.83 117 1019.3 2006 26 ATL NL 1B 142 1116 96 5 109 .996 .994 8.54 7.04 9.46 7.80 130 1153.3 2007 27 PIT NL 1B 151 1296 81 6 154 .996 .993 9.12 6.62 9.52 6.92 148 1301.3 2008 28 PIT NL 1B 32 276 20 2 39 .993 .994 9.25 8.34 9.38 9.51 32 284.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 24 ATL NL 1B 98 739 41 5 87 .994 .993 7.96 8.23 9.75 9.51 82 720.0 2005 25 ATL NL 1B 125 1070 77 7 105 .994 .993 9.18 8.00 10.13 8.83 117 1019.3 2006 26 ATL NL 1B 142 1116 96 5 109 .996 .994 8.54 7.04 9.46 7.80 130 1153.3 2007 27 PIT NL 1B 151 1296 81 6 154 .996 .993 9.12 6.62 9.52 6.92 148 1301.3 2008 28 PIT NL 1B 32 276 20 2 39 .993 .994 9.25 8.34 9.38 9.51 32 284.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 548 4497 315 25 494 .995 .993 8.78 7.43 9.67 8.16 509 4478.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 548 4497 315 25 494 .995 .993 8.78 7.43 9.67 8.16 509 4478
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2004   NLDS  ATL HOU     L   5  17   1   4  1  0  1   4   2   5  .235  .316  .471   0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   NLDS  ATL HOU     L   3   8   2   4  1  0  1   6   3   1  .500  .636 1.000   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       0-2   8  25   3   8  2  0  2  10   5   6  .320  .433  .640   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Slugging %
2006 NL-.561-8

Strikeouts
2007 NL-131-10
2008 NL-37-8

Grounded into Double Plays
2007 NL-18-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1993) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1325) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1578) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 18th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 42nd round of the 1999 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 29th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2000.

January 19, 2007: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Jamie Romak (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mike Gonzalez and Brent Lillibridge (minors).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2004Atlanta Braves$300,000
2005Atlanta Braves$337,500
2006Atlanta Braves$420,000
2007Pittsburgh Pirates$3,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,257,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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